Threespeech has an interview up with Naughty Dog's Evan Wells that throws up something as bemusing as it is amusing. Although there are plenty of fish in the sea, there'd be a lot less if Naughty Dog would have had its way. It wanted to allow you to shoot the aquatic gawpers in Uncharted: Drake's Fortune but feared this would cause the game to be rated Mature instead of Teen. It's official -- killing fish is a worse crime than killing people.
You can shoot plenty of human enemies in Uncharted, but the fish are a no-go, as Evan explains:
We had hit reactions and even some death animations for the wildlife in the game but we chose to remove it. It was flagged as a potential issue by the ESRB and it seemed like a small concession to make in order to maintain our “Teen” rating. It may have also affected the rating in Europe.
That's kind of crazy, really. I can only assume that the next Sega Bass Fishing will now get an Adults Only rating for the gratuitous violence depicted toward the fish community. We are training our kids to be fishermen with these violent simulators and I won't stand for it!
BAN THIS SICK FISHING FILTH!
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DO WANT
05/10/2008 05:54
Get it. School. Fish. I crack myself up sometimes.
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Yeah, too much GTA for me...
05/10/2008 07:13
Now if it was a giant man eating shark, that'd be another story.
05/10/2008 07:36
Now if it was a giant man eating shark, that'd be another story.[/quote]
I have to agree with that. As silly as it sounds, the justification for the violence is taken into account. That's why some cartoons allow some violence as long as the good guys don't attack someone for no reason.
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AAAAAAAAARGH!!! I'M GOING TO HELL!!!
Oh by the way, in WOW you can kill some womans cats.
For some odd reason I felt bad killing the cats, while I was fine killing humans...
05/10/2008 09:03
AAAAAAAAARGH!!! I'M GOING TO HELL!!!
Oh by the way, in WOW you can kill some womans cats.
For some odd reason I felt bad killing the cats, while I was fine killing humans...
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Did you see the part that Uncharted is T rated? GTA obviously is not.
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But honestly, I don't feel bad killing animals, as long as they don't have eyebrows.
05/10/2008 10:19
To be honest, I'm totally fine with killing people - the people you shoot at in video games have a tendency to be either enemies, douchebags, or both - but killing animals makes me uneasy, because they have no choice. At least the guy I disemboweled chose to shoot at me.
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For instance i tried yesteday to shoot a bird in Uncharted wondering if they put any animation to animal death.
And today i read this....
Now lets see if i tell somone that i am the owner of an Awesome gaming Rig with every release under the sun.....
will it be announced on destructoid ?
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Trust me, it's not really obvious, even if something seems too ridiculous to be someone's opinion. Odds are someone actually does think that.
Thats why I try to use ;-) or [/sarcasm], just to make it clear.
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So there you have it. Actual NUMBERS of how people would prefer to save frickin animals over their fellow man.
05/10/2008 11:59
So there you have it. Actual NUMBERS of how people would prefer to save frickin animals over their fellow man.
05/10/2008 12:32
Oh wait I'm 24! :P
I guess its illegal for people under 18 (or whatever age a M rating is) to have virtual fish... Come to think of it. Fishing... Fishing... Only game I fished in was... Animal Cr..
OH GOD! NINTENDO IS TAINTING OUR KIDS WITH ANIMAL CROSSING!
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But seriously, it's a bit silly. How graphic can fish murder be?
05/10/2008 15:17
I remember sneaking through a jungle in Far Cry. Paying so much attention to the soldiers, I completely missed the pig sitting next to me. I saw it and shit my pants. I then blew him up. I have never felt so righteous.
05/10/2008 15:46
@manta -- I wish it was just a silly Wii channel that said that. Its a sad fact that the RSPCA (British charity for protecting animals) has more money donated to it than the NSPCC (British charity against child cruelty.)
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Oh, the irony.
05/10/2008 16:40
It's coming right for us!
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in fact I only like %5 of the human population.
come to think of It, I hate 95% of the human population too.
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